An introduction to geospatial data from SERVIR Mekong

1. Workshop: Saving Species on the Edge of Extinction: Building Capacity to
Find and Protect the Mekong’s Most Imperiled Wildlife
Phnom Penh, 14-15 November 2017
Conservation of Imperiled Species In the Mekong Region:
New Opportunities for Leveraging Geospatial Data
Pete Cutter
SERVIR-Mekong
and
Spatial Informatics Group

2. Partnership between USAID and NASA
Establishes long-term regional hubs to
get geo-spatial information and tools
to decision makers
Works with partners to facilitate the
effective use of earth observation and
other geospatial data for better
decision support
WHAT IS SERVIR?
Food
Security
Weather &
Climate
Water
Resources
& Disasters
Land Cover /
Use &
Ecosystems

3. Information Availability and Access

5. Used together, forest structure information from LiDAR
and hyperspectral reflectance data can discern canopy
tree species to the genus and sometimes species aiding
biodiversity survey and carbon stock estimation
objectives.

6. > 200 public datasets
MODIS
Daily, NBAR, LST, ...
Terrain
SRTM, GTOPO, NED,
...
Atmospheric
NOAA NCEP, OMI, ...
Land Cover
GlobCover, NLCD, ...
The Earth Engine Public Data Catalog
> 4000 new images every day
> 5 million images > 5 petabytes of data
Landsat 4, 5, 7, 8
Raw, TOA, SR, ...
... and many more, updating daily!

7. Tools and Technologies

11. Participation

15. Communication

16. servir.adpc.net
Thanks!